Before you begin

To establish an environment with one Deployment Manager and one or more managed nodes, use the following optionsto determine the installation option that you should choose::

Deployment Manager and one node on the same system (we use this option for demonstration)

Deployment Manager and nodes on separate systems

The IBM Connections installation wizard creates server instances that require each node to have an application server. Choose one of these options when installing WebSphere Application Server to ensure that each node has an application server.

Procedure

Install the IBM Installation Manager

Starting with WebSphere 8.0 the System is installed using the IBM Installation Manager.

For IBM Connections 4.5 we use the IBM Installation Manager release 1.5.3. Navigate to the C:\Install\WAS_ND_8.0\IM directory. Then right click the install.exe file and select Run as Administrator.

Click Next to continue.

Select I accept the terms in the license agreement. Then click Next to continue.